DZIUBAK v. MOTT

No. C7-91-2517.

486 N.W.2d 837 (1992)

Richard P. DZIUBAK, Respondent, v. J. Thomas MOTT, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Granted October 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Johnson, Johnson Law Office, Red Wing, for respondent.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., David T. Schultz, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for appellants.

Considered and decided by KALITOWSKI, P.J., and AMUNDSON and HARTEN, JJ.


OPINION

KALITOWSKI, Judge.

Appellants J. Thomas Mott and James Hankes challenge the trial court's determination that public defenders are not immune from legal malpractice liability. Respondent Richard Dziubak contends the trial court erred by determining he was collaterally estopped from litigating some of his legal malpractice claims.

FACTS

May Speiser (the deceased) was found dead in her home on February 25, 1987. The respondent, the...

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